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Mopped vs Scrubbed - What's the difference?

mopped | scrubbed |

As verbs the difference between mopped and scrubbed

is that mopped is (mop) while scrubbed is (scrub).

As an adjective scrubbed is

(surgery|not comparable) with hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.

mopped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mop)

  • mop

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia mop)
  • An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
  • (humorous) A dense head of hair.
  • He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
  • (British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
  • (British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
  • (Halliwell)
  • A made-up face; a grimace.
  • * (rfdate) (Francis Beaumont) and
  • What mops and mowes it makes! --
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
  • Before you can say 'Come' and 'Go,'
    And breathe twice; and cry 'so, so,'
    Each one, tripping on his toe,
    Will be here with mop and mow.

    Derived terms

    * mophead * mop squeezer * mop water

    Descendants

    * German: (l)

    Verb

    (mopp)
  • To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
  • to mop (or scrub) a floor
    to mop one's face with a handkerchief
  • To make a wry expression with the mouth.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Anagrams

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    scrubbed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scrub)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (surgery, not comparable) With hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.
  • Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.